primitives discuss college football conference realignment

[Tantal]

#1. College Station is not east of I-45. I-45 runs through Huntsville and College Station is about an hour due west of glorious "Huntsvegas". That having been said, TAMU is still an excellent fit in the SEC. The cultural divide between traditional, conservative Aggies and the visor-wearing leftist douchebags in Austin is staggering. Texas is a big state with widely varying cultural and political differences.

#2. The academics at Mizzou are top-notch. IIRC, they are an AAU institution whereas Nebraska is not. My preference would have been Virginia Tech, FSU, GT, or Clemson to the SEC though.

[franksolich]

#2. The academics at Mizzou are top-notch. IIRC, they are an AAU institution whereas Nebraska is not. My preference would have been Virginia Tech, FSU, GT, or Clemson to the SEC though.

Uh huh; I have this notion Missouri tops many of the Big 10 in academics, and if "academics" and a large television viewership were relevant to the Big 10, the Big 10 should've snapped up Missouri right away.

Why they chose Nebraska, I have no idea, as Nebraska brings neither one to the Big 10.

Despite that it's only like circa 60-67% "southern," I suspect the Southeastern Conference is going to come to like Missouri, especially that enormous and lucrative television market.

Your other choices for the Southeastern Conference do make better sense than Missouri, excepting for Florida State; I wouldn't class Florida State with such company.  The Southeastern Conference is loaded with teams who've played football for decades, for generations, for more than a century; teams who've paid their dues; teams with a history and a heritage. 

Florida State needs to play football another forty or fifty years before they deserve to sit at the same table.

[md11hydmec]

Now y'all are just comparing apples to blind squirrels.  The SEC doesn't need Missouri.  Texas A & M, fine.  They're just trying to get into a more competative conference, just like WVU.  Still trying to figure out why they're moving teams around, but I would prefer a true SE team to come in.  Now a real battle this weekend will be LSU and Alabama.  It should be good.  Of course like a good Coonass, I'm pulling for LSU.

[USA4ME]

Florida State, fine. Clemson and the GT nerds? Hell to the naw. I'd rather have a North Carolina than any of'em. It's a flagship university in the South and gets us into the NC market.

UNC, Duke, and NC State would never part ways.  GT was in the SEC until 1964.

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[franksolich]

UNC, Duke, and NC State would never part ways.  GT was in the SEC until 1964.

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Do you know why Georgia Tech left?

It seems they probably left just as the party started.

[USA4ME]

Do you know why Georgia Tech left?

It seems they probably left just as the party started.

Tulane University (in New Orleans) was part of the SEC until they left in 1966.  Both GT and Tulane were charter members of the newly formed Metro Conference.  I'm guessing it was over money.  Isn't it (almost) always?

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[franksolich]

Tulane University (in New Orleans) was part of the SEC until they left in 1966.  Both GT and Tulane were charter members of the newly formed Metro Conference.  I'm guessing it was over money.  Isn't it (almost) always?

Hmmm.  I always wondered why Tulane was an independent (I never heard of this "Metro Conference," and only ever saw Tulane described as an "independent").

One of the most memorable college football games I ever watched, from start-to-finish, was the 1979 Liberty Bowl, where Tulane played an obscure state college in Pennsylvania.

The obscure state college won 9-6, but for nearly all the game, neither side could get into an end-zone, all points coming from field-goals.

It was great, watching that back-and-forth where neither side could quite make it.

[franksolich]

Okay, I nadined it.

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in athletic competitions; for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A. The conference is one of the most successful financially, consistently leading most conferences in revenue distribution to its members, including an SEC record $220.0 million for the 2010–2011 fiscal year.

The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game (and award a subsequent title) for college football, and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).

The SEC was established on December 8 and 9, 1932, when the thirteen members of the Southern Conference located west and south of the Appalachian Mountains left to form their own conference. Ten of the thirteen founding members have remained in the conference since its inception: the University of Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), Mississippi State University, the University of Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University.

The other charter members were:

    * The University of the South ("Sewanee") left the SEC in 1940, and later de-emphasized varsity athletics. It is currently a member of the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but will leave that conference in July 2012, along with six other SCAC members, to form a new Division III conference to be known as the Southern Athletic Association.

    * Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") left the SEC in 1964. In 1975, it became a founding member of the Metro Conference, one of the predecessors to today's Conference USA. Georgia Tech competed in the Metro Conference in all sports except football, in which it was independent. In 1978, Georgia Tech joined another Southern Conference offshoot, the Atlantic Coast Conference, for all sports, where it has remained.

    * Tulane University left the SEC in 1966. Along with Georgia Tech, it was a charter member of the Metro Conference. Unlike Tech, however, Tulane remained in the Metro Conference until it merged with the Great Midwest Conference and became the new Conference USA in 1995. Tulane remained an independent in football until C-USA began football competition in 1996.

n 1991, the SEC expanded from ten to twelve member universities with the addition of:

    * University of Arkansas; and
    * University of South Carolina

On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that Texas A&M University will join the SEC effective July 1, 2012, with Texas A&M to begin competition in nineteen of the twenty sports sponsored by the SEC during the 2012–13 academic year. The SEC commissioner announced in September that other schools are not being considered to join the league.

In late October 2011 reports began to surface that the University of Missouri would be leaving the Big 12 also and moving to the SEC. Missouri's Board of Curators gave Chancellor Brady Deaton the power to make decisions on the future of the university's athletic program and their conference affiliation. Although the move has not yet been formally announced, reports have presented it as impending.

[MASHLover]

Boise should stay in their Mickey Mouse conference, with their Mickey Mouse schedule, until they start playing on a green field like real teams.

It can be green grass, green turf, green dirt, or green asphalt, but real programs do not play on Mickey Mouse blue fields.

Boise is the only team I will not watch on TV. Their field makes them an abomination.

I even watch that despicable Texas Tech (loved watching Iowa State kick their asses Saturday).

Hell I cannot watch Boise St either, that damn blue crap actually hurts my eyes just to see the highlights much less an entire game.  Give me OSU ANY day.........GOOOOOOOOOOOO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

[Rebel]

Hmmm.  I always wondered why Tulane was an independent (I never heard of this "Metro Conference," and only ever saw Tulane described as an "independent").

Tulane isn't independent. They're part of the C-USA (USM, UCF, Houston, Memphis, etc.)

The University of the South (Sewanee) also used to be in the SEC. Currently, the only 3 SEC teams that aren't founding members are SC, Arkiesaw, and A&M.

[Rebel]

Hell I cannot watch Boise St either, that damn blue crap actually hurts my eyes just to see the highlights much less an entire game.  Give me OSU ANY day.........GOOOOOOOOOOOO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Could be worse:




Pull up Cheney, Washington in Google Earth. You can't miss it.

Football fields are supposed to be green.

[BlueStateSaint]

Could be worse:




Pull up Cheney, Washington in Google Earth. You can't miss it.

Football fields are supposed to be green.

I wasn't sure where that one was, but I remember hearing about it.  Talk about glare!  'Course, eyeblack would be plentiful . . . and expensive.

[GOBUCKS]

Could be worse:




Pull up Cheney, Washington in Google Earth. You can't miss it.

Football fields are supposed to be green.

The blue field and the red field are just pathetic attempts to get attention.

Now that Boise has a fairly competitive team I'll bet they're embarrassed, but they're stuck with it.

Of course, Boise's program will evaporate the minute Chris Petersen leaves for a real football school, so maybe they should keep their carnival sideshow personality.

[Rebel]

The blue field and the red field are just pathetic attempts to get attention.

Now that Boise has a fairly competitive team I'll bet they're embarrassed, but they're stuck with it.

Of course, Boise's program will evaporate the minute Chris Petersen leaves for a real football school, so maybe they should keep their carnival sideshow personality.

Apologies to any Stanford or Okie State fans, but I personally would like to see whoever wins tomorrow between LSU and 'Bama go undefeated, Okie State and Stanford (who are for real) lose a game, and Boise win their cupcake schedule outright. I want to see an LSU/Bama vs. Boise match up just so we can stop hearing about this shit when they're little smurf team gets dominated.

[Tantal]

I want to see an LSU/Bama vs. Boise match up just so we can stop hearing about this shit when they're little smurf team gets dominated.

With no turnovers, few penalties, and a handful of lucky breaks, I think Boise could beat Okie Lite or Stanford. The winner of the SEC OTOH would absolutely roll them.

[md11hydmec]

Thats what I'm hoping.....